In-Hospital Cardiology Consultation and Evidence-Based Care for Nursing Home Residents With Heart Failure

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-452

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Rich, Michael W ^b   Goodlin, Sarah J ^c,d   Birkner, Thomas ^e   Zhang, Yan ^e   Feller, Margaret A ^e   Aban, Inmaculada B ^e   Jones, Linda G ^e,f   Bearden, Donna M ^e   Allman, Richard M ^e,f   Ahmed, Ali ^e,f  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology consultation; Evidence based care; Heart failure; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIGITALIS; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONSULTATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIURETIC THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCRIPTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

EID: 84861655293     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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